How to Install and Uninstall vim-gtk Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 18,2024

1. Install "vim-gtk" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install vim-gtk on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install vim-gtk

2. Uninstall "vim-gtk" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall vim-gtk on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove vim-gtk $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the vim-gtk package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: vim-gtk
Status: deinstall ok config-files
Priority: optional
Section: editors
Installed-Size: 3920
Maintainer: Jonathon Fernyhough
Architecture: amd64
Source: vim
Version: 2:8.2.2311-0york0~20.04
Config-Version: 2:8.2.2311-0york0~20.04
Provides: editor, gvim, vim, vim-lua, vim-perl, vim-python, vim-python3, vim-ruby, vim-tcl
Depends: vim-common (= 2:8.2.2311-0york0~20.04), vim-gui-common (= 2:8.2.2311-0york0~20.04), vim-runtime (= 2:8.2.2311-0york0~20.04), libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.18), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.7), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0), liblua5.2-0, libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.32.4), libperl5.30 (>= 5.30.0), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.2), libruby2.7 (>= 2.7.0), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), libsm6, libtcl8.6 (>= 8.6.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libx11-6, libxt6
Suggests: cscope, fonts-dejavu, gnome-icon-theme, vim-doc
Description: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - with GTK2 GUI
Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor Vi.
.
Many new features have been added: multi level undo, syntax
highlighting, command line history, on-line help, filename
completion, block operations, folding, Unicode support, etc.
.
This package contains a version of vim compiled with a GTK2 GUI
and support for scripting with Lua, Perl, Python 3, Ruby, and Tcl.
Description-md5: 09017d04d64fc4f44f025c2f11760378
Homepage: https://www.vim.org/
Original-Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers

Package: vim-gtk
Architecture: all
Version: 2:8.2.0716-3ubuntu2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/editors
Source: vim
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Vim Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 154
Depends: vim-gtk3
Filename: pool/universe/v/vim/vim-gtk_8.2.0716-3ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 9004
MD5sum: 620912898050d6248c7f836a8838e3d4
SHA1: 9f85b6b2dde0892a6ba1b2ce8ac7223f0984fdcd
SHA256: da14453c6b8ffcbaf7bd18a08f06472f310685a8662b7de41b2d0b637adcb379
SHA512: 3d4aeef8ca3d05809b313e8e10a6a58cc9cf5334fc8834d0dd3f940809326eff00bc1542099c4da9ae880fde986a7ffa43cd1a641419a9da34bb6d6a976657cf
Homepage: https://www.vim.org/
Description-en: Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor (dummy package)
This is a transitional package to install the vim-gtk3 package. You may
remove this package if nothing depends on it.
Description-md5: 86dc6422648bf19178561819a13be252